Aqueductal CSF Stroke Volume Is Increased in Patients with Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus and Decreases after Shunt Surgery

AJNR. American Journal of Neuroradiology
J ShanksJ Virhammar

Abstract

Increased CSF stroke volume through the cerebral aqueduct has been proposed as a possible indicator of positive surgical outcome in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus; however, consensus is lacking. In this prospective study, we aimed to compare CSF flow parameters in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus with those in healthy controls and change after shunt surgery and to investigate whether any parameter could predict surgical outcome. Twenty-one patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus and 21 age- and sex-matched healthy controls were prospectively included and examined clinically and with MR imaging of the brain. Eighteen patients were treated with shunt implantation and were re-examined clinically and with MR imaging the day before the operation and 3 months postoperatively. All MR imaging scans included a phase-contrast sequence. The median aqueductal CSF stroke volume was significantly larger in patients compared with healthy controls (103.5 μL; interquartile range, 69.8-142.8 μL) compared with 62.5 μL (interquartile range, 58.3-73.8 μL; P < .01) and was significantly reduced 3 months after shunt surgery from 94.8 μL (interquartile range, 81-241 μL) to 88 μL (interquarti...Continue Reading

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